# Privilege Denying Dude Privilege Denying Dude is a 2010 image macro built around a stock photo of a suited man with arms crossed, captioned with mock dismissals used to shut down conversations about racism, sexism, and homophobia[1]. A South Carolina blogger named Diane launched the format on Tumblr in early November 2010, and the blog was pulled within weeks after iStockphoto and the pictured model complained[1]. ## Overview The macro shows a white man in a suit with arms folded, captioned in the classic image macro style with a setup on top and a punchline underneath[3]. The captions target dismissive one-liners used to derail conversations about race, gender, and sexuality, examples like 'but what about the men?' or 'what about the racism that white people experience?'[2]. The format sits alongside satirical guides like Derailing for Dummies, a mock how-to that walks through the tactics used to dismiss marginalized voices in serious discussions[2]. The kind of behavior Privilege Denying Dude parodies, interrupting a conversation to explain someone's own experience back to them, got branded online as 'mansplaining,' and the image became one of the visual shorthands for that dynamic[3]. ## How It Spread The template hopped from Diane's Tumblr to Memegenerator, where users started building their own captions on the same image[3]. Feminist and pop culture blogs picked it up almost immediately, and Jezebel ran a feature on the format in mid-November 2010 that helped push it to a wider audience[1]. The blog itself did not last long. Only a few weeks into its launch, Tumblr pulled the PDD site after iStockphoto filed a copyright claim over the source photo and the model in the image complained about how his likeness was being used[4]. The original stock photo listing at iStockphoto was taken down at the same time[4]. The backlash produced a counter-meme called 'Feminist Cunt,' built from a photo of actress Ashley Judd in a 'This Is What A Feminist Looks Like' shirt, captioned with exaggerated statements meant to invert the PDD format from the opposite direction[3]. After the takedowns, the format kept circulating in fragments on Memegenerator and reblogs, but never returned to a single canonical home. ## How to Use The format typically pairs a top-line setup that sounds sympathetic or neutral with a bottom-line punchline that reveals the setup as a dodge. Common conventions include topics like race, gender, sexuality, and class, with the punchline standing in for the kind of dismissive comment that shuts a discussion down[2]. Captions often mimic the tone of the imagined speaker in the first person, which is where a lot of the joke lands. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is Privilege Denying Dude? A 2010 image macro of a suited white man with arms crossed, captioned with mock dismissals about race, gender, and sexuality[1]. ### Where did Privilege Denying Dude come from? It was created by Diane, a 20-year-old blogger from South Carolina, who launched the official Tumblr in early November 2010 using a licensed iStockphoto image[1]. ### What does Privilege Denying Dude mean? It satirizes patronizing responses that get used to derail conversations about racism, sexism, and homophobia, a practice sometimes called 'mansplaining'[3]. ### How do you use Privilege Denying Dude? The template pairs the stock photo with a top-line setup and a bottom-line punchline that mimics a dismissive comment about a social issue[2]. ### Is Privilege Denying Dude still popular? The original Tumblr was pulled in mid-November 2010 after an iStockphoto copyright claim and a complaint from the model, and the format faded from active use after that[4]. ## References 1. [https://jezebel.com/5691457/privilege+denying-dude-knows-that-deep-down-youre-bisexual]() 2. [https://www.derailingfordummies.com/]() 3. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/privilege-denying-dude]() 4. [https://www.istockphoto.com/]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/privilege-denying-dude Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library